File #: RES 23-145    Name: 2023 Land Use Fee Update
Type: BoS Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/4/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 8/22/2023 Final action: 8/22/2023
Title: 2023 Land Use Fee Update Public hearing to consider: a. Finding that modification of permit fees is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15273 of the CEQA Guidelines; b. Adopting a resolution amending the Monterey County Fee Resolution to: i. Fee Article IX - Land Use to make minor adjustments to fees including replacing the condition compliance deposit with flat fees and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04% to 7.49%; and ii. Fee Article XIX -Building Services to clarify permit fees for special events and encroachments and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04% to 7.49%.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment B - Proposed Fee Articles Red Line, 4. Attachment C - Proposed Fee Articles Clean, 5. Attachment D - HCD Technology Costs, 6. Attachment E - Data Summary Tables, 7. Item No. 20 Presentation, 8. Revised Attachment A-Draft Resolution Land Use Fee Update 2023_08.22.23 - Redline, 9. Revised Attachment A-Draft Resolution Land Use Fee Update 2023_08.22.23 - Clean, 10. Completed Board Order Item No. 20, 11. Completed Resolution Item No. 20
Title
2023 Land Use Fee Update
Public hearing to consider:
a. Finding that modification of permit fees is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15273 of the CEQA Guidelines;
b. Adopting a resolution amending the Monterey County Fee Resolution to:
i. Fee Article IX - Land Use to make minor adjustments to fees including replacing the condition compliance deposit with flat fees and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04% to 7.49%; and
ii. Fee Article XIX -Building Services to clarify permit fees for special events and encroachments and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04% to 7.49%.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution (Attachment A) amending Monterey County Fee Resolution, effective October 23, 2023, to:
a. Find that modification of permit fees is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15273 of the CEQA Guidelines
b. Amend Fee Article IX - Land Use to make minor adjustments to fees including replacing the condition compliance deposit with flat fees and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04 percent to 7.49 percent; and
c. Amend Fee Article XIX -Building Services to clarify permit fees for special events and encroachments and increasing the technology surcharge fee from 7.04 percent to 7.49 percent

SUMMARY:
Housing and Community Development (HCD) fees were last updated by Board of Supervisors adoption of Resolution No. 21-169 on June 22, 2021. HCD has identified adjustments to Fee Articles IX (Land Use) and XIX (Building Services) that will clarify and simplify permit fees. Additionally, HCD proposes to adjust the Technology fee in both Article IX and Article XIX to fully recover technology costs associated with permitting for FY24.

HCD proposes to adjust the Land Use Fee Article to replace the condition compliance deposit with flat fees designated for each permit tie...

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